240. Anthropology of Algorithms, Ethnography of Engineers, Theory of Traps (ft. Nick Seaver)
This Machine Kills
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Is There a Capitalist System?
Sally Kohn: I think it's interesting that these people feel like they need to tell themselves and tell people like you those stories to kind of create a bit of a critical frame. She says when the recommender system was not everything, 10 years ago, nobody thought it worked or even if it did work, it was just for fun. Now she says there is this real power in it; we're saying, well, yeah, of course there is, there's power in it. Salkin: It does kind of speak as well to maybe the stories we tell ourselves, whether they're story like to the like they are still important.
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